vice like grip

human viciousness, 
greedy and petty 
and blind, quick 

to erupt from the breach

any crack
in the thick callous 
skin-deep surface
of our human kind 

- which we try so hard 
to put forth and share, 
so long as the other 
will meet us there 

if they don't give as good 
as they get, we deserve
what we gave, what we want,
the dynamic turns master
to slave 

and of course, we revolt 
in a rush of red gushing
vision. Release the beast:
cold, brutal and hot, 
serve without leash 

it was not a decision